We all know the eccentric facet of Elon Musk, especially when it comes to workspaces: he is against telecommuting, and he doesn’t seem to like it very much when his employees disagree with him either. At least that is what a former Tesla worker has pointed out in the early years.
Tesla’s onetime territorial manager, Carl Medlock, has talked at length about his time at Tesla, including his interactions with Musk. And the truth is that he has revealed a facet of Elon Musk that seems to be a problem for many people who work close to him.
Medlock has counted in the Podcast The Iced Coffee Hour how to the CEO of Tesla He does not like anything that is contrary to him when a decision has been made about the future of the company.
You better not argue with Elon Musk
The former Tesla employee’s advice is basically a very simple one: “Don’t argue with him.” [refiriéndose a Elon Musk]since doing so can cost you your job:
Don’t argue with him. When Elon stands up at the end of a meeting and says, ‘This is the direction we’re going to go,’ you get up out of your chair and you better go in that direction. Because he is not the one to answer. Simply, he will let you go.
Carl Medlock in The Iced Coffee Hour
In addition, he pointed out on several occasions that Elon Musk can be especially “intimidating.” To which he added one more piece of advice: “If Elon was micromanaging you, you were probably getting out of the way.”
The truth is that this is nothing new. Those who have minimally followed Musk’s trajectory will have read numerous reports accusing the Tesla CEO of firing many of his employees. And other even crazier behaviors, like walking around the gigafactory “with a red face and questioning the workers.”
However, Carl Medlock also He had nice words for Elon Musk. He considers that the CEO of Tesla is very disciplined, and that he is actually “a very nice guy“
“He’s incredibly smart, so he’s intimidating in that sense, but if you look at it in terms of his kids. The guy loves his kids, he loves his family, he’s a good father, and he’s easy to talk to.”